The Cowboys absolutely have to hit on their second-round pick this year.
In our Monday discussion prompt here at BTB we discussed how it is very unlikely that the Dallas Cowboys will do something in the first round that will upset us. The second round, on the other hand, is an entirely different story.
Consider the last 10 players who the Cowboys have taken in the second round:
- 2024: Marshawn Kneeland
- 2023: Luke Schoonmaker
- 2022: Sam Williams
- 2021: Kelvin Joseph
- 2020: Trevon Diggs
- 2019: Trysten Hill
- 2018: Connor Williams
- 2017: Chidobe Awuzie
- 2016: Jaylon Smith
- 2015: Randy Gregory
This list is questionable at the very best. We still have high hopes for Marshawn Kneeland and Sam Williams has shown flashes but is coming off of a torn ACL, and obviously Trevon Diggs is also coming back from a knee issue. Ultimately the point here is that you have to really reach to constitute the second round as a success for the Cowboys in recent history.
When we discuss what the Cowboys have done in the first round in the same span then there are plenty of positive things to say. But hitting in the second round is clearly more of a challenge and therefore one that the Cowboys have to take seriously this year.
To this point, the Cowboys even hold the 12th overall pick in this year’s draft. No one is saying that overseeing a draft is an easy thing, but again making sure you get a playmaker when you have a pick that high is clearly less difficult than doing so at 44 overall which is where the team’s second-rounder lies.
This season (and every honestly) it would be more impressive for the Cowboys to show up and show out in the second round. They are due to say the least.
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